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course, but up their resistance and their objections against this expansion. This was evident when the Indians were forced off their lands and into the unknown lands, red jacket (Seneca) said that the if the Indians were to be forced off the land, and move even westward, they will look upon a country that is unknown to them, that is strange to them, and that they will be surrounded by people unknown by them and that they white men behind their similes and promises were actually cheating the Indian people at his speck about the Refusal of a land Purchase Offer in Buffalo Creek NY, in Map 1811. Red jacket basically said that the Land was the Indian's breath of life and it cannot be taken away like that. In response to this, Thomas Jefferson in a confidential message on western exploration in 1803 said that since the Indians were refusing to sell their lands, in order to get their lands, we must encourage and force a change in culture that was existent in the Indian way of life for thousands of years. Jefferson wanted to teach the Indians to abandon hunting and go for a more settled life style such as farming or raising livestock. He believed that the Indians will them see that the hunting was useless and continue on with the new practice. Jefferson also wanted to "multiply trading houses" with them and interact more with them in an effort to reform their mentality. Jefferson also wanted them to be brought into the government and shown its benefits and shows them that the US was acting to their best interest.

Contradictory to Jefferson, Speech to Governor William Henry Harrison at Vincennes, August 12, 1810 given by Tecumseh (Shawnee) showed that the Indians were not fooled and entrapped by the white people's smiles and promises. Tecumseh said that the land belonged to the people (Native Americans) since they were the first ones to be there and that they were dwelling in the land before any white people came. Tecumseh also points out the white people are never satisfied with their land and they were "always encroaching" upon the Indian lands. Secretary of war Crawford on Trade and Intercourse on March 13, 1816 said that the abuse and the insults being thrown upon the Indians were an insult to the government and abhorrent to the feelings of an enlightened and benevolent nation. He goes on to state that the Indians should be treated well and the government should administer to the Indian's wants, increasing their comforts, and promoting their happiness. He also

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